kernel upgrades

[rodney at sabletech.com (Rodney Thayer)]

the reason I want to upgrade is actually pretty good -- I've got a real live
commercial situation where I get to use Linux, and another development group
I'm working with is running on 1.3.72.  I personally would tend to stay with
my 1.2.8 system since it's behaving.

more linux for the people...  I get to sit at the zsh prompt and watch dust
gather on my win 95 machine's keyboard...

At 09:15 PM 3/14/96 -0500, you wrote:
>On Thu, 14 Mar 1996, Derek Atkins wrote:
>
>> > ok kernel kowpersons if I want to upgrade from kernel rev 1.2.8 to kernel
>> > rev 1.3.72 how much do I need to change?
>> 
>> I would recommend that you only upgrade to 1.2.13 unless you really
>> need to use features that exist in the 1.3 development kernels.
>> 
>> As for what you need to upgrade, theoretically all you should need
>> toupgrade is the kernel itself.  However you may need to upgrade
>> applications which use kernel features, like ipfw, multicast, etc.
>
>Actually, the 1.3 kernels are pretty stable now.  There are potentially a 
>number of good reasons to upgrade, including support for new network and 
>sound cards, and support for SMB and AppleTalk protocols in the main 
>kernel sources.
>
>There are a couple of things besides the kernel that you have to replace 
>if you upgrade; for example, the old versions of ps and top got broken 
>somewhere in the fifties, and PPP and FTape were broken by 1.3.33.  New 
>versions of these things ONLY work with new kernels unless you apply 
>patches to 1.2.13, making another good reason to upgrade (if you want 
>FTape support for Travan drives, for example).
>
>
>

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